1. El Verbo “GUSTAR”
• En español gustar significa “to be pleasing”
• In English, the equivalent is “to like”

2. Por ejemplo:
• In English we say: “I like Spanish.”
• En español decimos: “To me, Spanish
is pleasing.”

3. I like the beach.
beach
In English: En español:
• “I” is the subject • “the beach” is the
subject
• “like” is the verb
• “to please” is the
• “the beach” is the verb
direct object
• “me” is the indirect
object

4. En Español…:
The word order is actually “backwards”:
• The indirect object comes first: Me
• Then the verb: gusta
• Finally the subject of the verb: la playa.
• Make it negative by adding “no” at the beginning.

5. Who is doing the “liking”?
Indirect Object Pronouns:
me nos
te os
le les

6. “Gusta” = singular nouns
= infinitives
“Gustan” = plural nouns

7. Frases de clarificación:
He likes the beach.
“Le gusta la playa.” She likes the beach.
You like the beach.
They like the beach.
“Les gusta la playa.”
You like the beach.

8. Frases de clarificación:
Me = a mí Nos = a nosotros
Te = a ti Os = a vosotros
Le = a él Les = a ellos
a ella a ellas
a Ud. a Uds.
(a Roberto) (a Roberto y
(a Lola) a Luis)
(a tu hermano) (a Lola y a
Carmen)
(a mis amigos)

9. Me gusta… / Me gustan… I like…
Te gusta… / Te gustan… You like…
Le gusta… / Le gustan… He / she / You like(s)…
=
Nos gusta… / Nos gustan… We like…
Os gusta… / Os gustan… You guys like…
Les gusta… / Les gustan… They / you like…

10. ¿Cómo se
dice?
“I like coffee.”
Me gusta el café.
“Coffee is pleasing to me.”

11. ¿Cómo se
dice?
“You like cars.”
Te gustan los coches.
“Cars are pleasing to you.”

12. ¿Cómo se
dice?
“He doesn’t like parties.”
No le gustan las fiestas.
“Parties are not pleasing to him.”

13. ¿Cómo se
dice?
“We like our teachers.”
Nos gustan nuestros
profesores.
“Our teachers please us.”

14. ¿Cómo se
dice?
“They like history and spanish.”
Les gustan la historia y
el español.
“History and Spanish are pleasing to them.”